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An exit pupil extender wherein the relative amount of different color components in the exit beam is more consistent with that of the input beam. In order to compensate for the uneven amount in the diffracted color components in the exit beam, the exit pupil extender, comprises a plurality of layers having additional diffraction gratings so as to increase the amount of diffracted light for those color components with a lower amount. Additionally, color filters disposed between layers to reduce the diffracted light components with a higher amount.

A white light emitting device including: a blue LE chip having a dominant wavelength of 430 to 455 nm; a red phosphor disposed around the blue light emitting diode chip, the red phosphor excited by the blue light emitting diode chip to emit red light; and a green phosphor disposed around the blue light emitting diode chip, the green phosphor excited by the blue LED chip to emit green light, wherein the red light emitted from the red phosphor has a color coordinate falling within a space defined by four coordinate points (0.5448, 0.4544), (0.7079, 0.2920), (0.6427, 0.2905) and (0.4794, 0.4633) based on the CIE 1931 chromaticity diagram, the green light emitted from the green phosphor has a color coordinate falling within a space defined by four coordinate points (0.1270, 0.8037), (0.4117, 0.5861), (0.4197, 0.5316) and (0.2555, 0.5030) based on the CIE 1931 color chromaticity diagram, and the red phosphor includes a phosphor represented by (Sr, Ba, Ca)AlSiN3:Eu and the green phosphor includes a phosphor represented by (Sr, Ba, Ca)2SiO4:Eu.

The present invention provides a backlight device which uses solid-state light emitting elements capable of emitting lights of three colors consisting of red, green and blue as a light source, can enhance the light utilizing efficiency, and can be made light-weighted. Further, the invention provides a display device which exhibits the high brightness uniformity and the high chromaticity uniformity. The backlight device includes a main light guide plate which has a light irradiation surface which irradiates light forwardly by developing the light in plane and has a light reflection surface which faces the light irradiation surface in an opposed manner and reflects the light toward the light irradiation surface; a sub light guide plate which is arranged on a back surface of the main light guide plate, is divided into a first sub light guide plate and a second sub light guide plate on both end sides by way of a first air layer disposed at a center portion, and forms light incident surfaces on facing end surfaces of the first sub light guide plate and the second sub light guide plate in the inside of the first air layer; a first light reflection plate which is arranged on a front surface of the sub light guide plate which faces the main light guide plate; a second light reflection plate which is arranged on a back surface of the sub light guide plate which faces the first light reflection plate in an opposed manner; reflectors which are arranged on both end surfaces of the main light guide plate and the sub light guide plate and optically couple the main light guide plate and the sub light guide plate; and a light emitting diode board which is mounted in a state that the light emitting diode board faces a back surface of the sub light guide plate and light emitting diodes capable of emitting light of plurality of colors in the inside of the first air layer are arranged at least in a row. Due to such a constitution, a light-source light from the light emitting diodes capable of emitting lights of plurality of colors is subjected to color mixture and an effective optical path can be elongated and hence, the light utilizing efficiency can be enhanced and, at the same time, the backlight device can be made light-weighted.

The present invention provides a display device comprising a display panel and a backlight device comprising a main light guide body which irradiates light toward the display panel. A sub light guide body is arranged on the back surface of the main light guide body is divided in the center by a first air layer. Both end portions of the sub light guide are optically coupled to the main light guide, and a plurality of solid state light emitting elements are arranged in the inside of the air layer of the sub light guide.

Multilayer polymeric films and other optical bodies are provided which is useful in making colored mirrors and polarizers. The films are characterized by a change in color as a function of viewing angle.

An LED signal lamp (100) comprises: a housing (102), at least one LED excitation source (108) operable to emit excitation radiation of a first wavelength range (blue light), at least one phosphor material (114) for converting at least a part of the excitation radiation to radiation of a second wavelength range and a substantially transparent cover (104) provided on the housing opening. In one arrangement the excitation source (LED chip) incorporates the phosphor material. Alternatively, the phosphor can be provided remote to the excitation source such as for example on a transparent substrate which is disposed between the excitation source and transparent cover. In other arrangements, the phosphor is provided on the transparent cover or other optical components as a layer on a surface of the cover or incorporated within the cover / optical component material.

This invention relates to uniform backlighting of surfaces by semiconductor light sources. Various semiconductor light sources are combined into identical illumination groups. These identical illumination groups are arranged so that uniform backlighting of a surface is made possible. For homogeneous color mixing to be achieved, especially at edges, each illumination group in the arrangement has at least one adjacent illumination group in a different orientation.

A white light emitting device including: a blue light emitting diode chip having a dominant wavelength of 443 to 455 nm; a red phosphor disposed around the blue light emitting diode chip, the red phosphor excited by the blue light emitting diode chip to emit red light; and a green phosphor disposed around the blue light emitting diode chip, the green phosphor excited by the blue light emitting diode chip to emit green light, wherein the red light emitted from the red phosphor has a color coordinate falling within a space defined by four coordinate points (0.5448, 0.4544), (0.7079, 0.2920), (0.6427, 0.2905) and (0.4794, 0.4633) based on the CIE 1931 chromaticity diagram, and the green light emitted from the green phosphor has a color coordinate falling within a space defined by four coordinate points (0.1270, 0.8037), (0.4117, 0.5861), (0.4197, 0.5316) and (0.2555, 0.5030) based on the CIE 1931 color chromaticity diagram.

A thin light source unit employs a plurality of light emitting diode chips in multiple colors to generate highly uniform white light at a low cost and with a high light utilization efficiency. The light source unit has light emitting diode chips, lead frames, and a transparent sealer. A plurality of the light emitting diode chips in the same color are connected in series to three or more sets of the lead frames. The light emitting diode chips in at least three different colors are integrally sealed with the transparent sealer. An illuminating apparatus using the light source units, and a display apparatus using the illuminating apparatus are also provided.

An object of the present invention is to improve the color reproduction capability of a liquid crystal display backlight using white LEDs.A backlight of the present invention includes: a light guide plate 6; a light diffusing optical waveguide 3 disposed adjacent the light guide plate 6; a plurality of white LEDs 1 disposed on the light diffusing optical waveguide 3; and single color LEDs (red LEDs) 2 disposed on respective opposite sides of the light diffusing optical waveguide 3; wherein light from the white LEDs 1 passes through the light diffusing optical waveguide 3 and enters the light guide plate 6 through a side thereof, whereas light from the single color LEDs 2 is diffused by the light diffusing optical waveguide 3 before entering the light guide plate 6 through the same side thereof. Thus, the light diffusing optical waveguide 3 mixes light from the white LEDs 1 and single color LEDs 2, resulting in improved color reproduction capability of the backlight.

A capacitive touch panel including a transparent substrate, a plurality of first metal wires, an insulation layer, a plurality of first sensing units, a plurality of second sensing units and a plurality of second metal wires are provided. The transparent substrate has a substrate surface on which the first metal wires, the first sensing units and the second sensing units are formed. The insulation layer can cover a portion of each first metal wire, which is connected to two of the first sensing units, wherein each second metal wire is connected to two of the second sensing units.

Provided is a polycarbonate resin composition pellet, which has a light transmittance at a wavelength of 380 nm of 97.0% or more when the light transmittance is measured by using a methylene chloride solution having a concentration of 12 g / dL, the solution being charged into a quartz glass cell having an optical path length of 5 cm, and which has a viscosity-average molecular weight (Mv) of from 11,000 to 22,000.